January 2015 highlights included British and German urban wildlife from Sam Hobson, Ben Cranke's material from Brazil and Japan, underwater images by new recruit Pascal Kobeh, and the world's rarest dolphin.
Olga Kamenskaya / Diver with Baikal sponges (Lubomirskia baicalensis). Lake Baikal, Russia, March 2007. Model released.
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Pascal Kobeh / Orcas / killer whales (Orcinus orca) swimming in open water, Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.
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Richard Robinson / Maui's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) Critically Endangered, the world's smallest and rarest marine dolphin. Endemic to North Island, New Zealand, March. Editorial use only.
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Richard Robinson / Maui's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) Critically Endangered, the world's smallest and rarest marine dolphin. Endemic to North Island, New Zealand. October. Editorial use only.
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Richard Robinson / Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) Akaroa Harbour, South Island, New Zealand, November. Editorial use only.
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Richard Robinson / Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) Akaroa Harbour, South Island, New Zealand, November. Editorial use only.
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Ben Cranke / Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) surfacing with mountain landscape, Liefdefjorden, Svalbard, Norway. July 2011.
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Olga Kamenskaya / Young Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica) at breathing hole. Lake Baikal, Russia, April.
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Olga Kamenskaya / Young Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica) at breathing hole. Lake Baikal, Russia, April.
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Ben Cranke / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) portrait, Svalbard, Norway. July.
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Olga Kamenskaya / Baikal seals (Pusa sibirica) hauled out on rock. Endemic to Lake Baikal. Russia, May.
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Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck with does, Vesneri, Estonia, March. Winner of the Animal stories portfolio in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.
